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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Is this actually how it still works on windows? Like it has not evolved since the 90s?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Look, they're too busy changing the UI completely every two years to change things like functionality.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

They just copy Plasma anyway.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

package managers technically exist, including Microsoft's own winget, and if you're on windows they're a decent choice, though they do come with a multitude of issues

there's even a decent ish package manager GUI called unigetui

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Plus 1 for uni get. It's not perfect, but it's pretty damn good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

~~how would it change, netbooting still requires significant infrastructure that only nerds and business have and almost no phones have support for USB mass storage device emulation (technically not emulation) so it still needs a USB drive or DVD.~~

edit: misread the previous comment, didn't see program